Bucket clothes-washer



1. A. WRIGHT.

BUCKET CLOTHES WASHER. APPLICATION FILED.APR.26. 19m.

1 ,395,783. Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

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' BUCKET CLOTHES-WASHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

Application filed April 26, 1918. Serial No. 230,921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JANE A. WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bordentown, in the county of Burlington and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BucketClothes-Washers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive andeflicient clothes washer adapted to be used in connection with anordinary bucket or a specially constructed bucket or similar receptacleof a readily portable size designed for household use, and the preferredembodiment of the invention consists of a construction, combination andrelation of parts hereinafter fully described, it being understoodhowever that changes in form and proportion may be resorted to, withinthe scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a sectional view of a washer in complete form ready for use.

Fig. 2 is a plan view o'f the same as shown by the section line 22 ofFig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the washer blade or beater.

The receptacle 10 is preferably of the size and general form of theordinary household bucket, but preferably it is interiorly corrugated asshown at 11 so as to increase the abrasive or rubbing effect upon theclothes or other fabrics which are undergoing treatment, and spanningthe top of this receptacle is a frame or spider 12 having terminal clips13 for engagement under the edge or rim 14 of the receptacle andprovided at its center with a bearing 15. Preferably the frame or spideris bifurcated at one end to provide arms 16 to facilitate the engagementof the same with the receptacle, and also to guard against accidentaldisplacement while the device is in use.

Mounted in the bearing 15 is the stem 17 of a paddle or beater 18,preferably, as shown, consisting of a doubled and looped portion of thewire or rod constituting a common blank with said stem and embodying thelateral upper loops 19 and 20 extending in opposite directions from theline of the stem and connected lower eyes 21 and 22 arranged preferablyin the same plane with the loops 19 and 20. At its upper end the stem isprovided with a grip 23, and as the stem is loosely mounted forrec'iprocatory movement in the bearing 15, a vertical movement of thebeater or paddle is possible in connection with the cleansing ofarticles contained in the receptacle. Also attached to the shaft toprovide for imparting rotary motion thereto and hence to the beater is acrank 24, the hub 25 of which may be secured to the stem by means of aset screw 26. 7

It will be obvious from the foregoing description that a rotary motionor a back and forth oscillatory movement may be imparted to the paddleor beater by means of the crank 24, or a vertical dasher orreciprocatory movement may be imparted thereto, by means of the grip 23,or a combination of these movements may be adopted in the operation uponthe contents of the receptacle, and it will also be clear that theattachment including the dasher may be readily removed from and replacedupon the receptacle to facilitate the introduction and removal of theclothes or other articles, and that in the construction of the beater ordasher there are no projecting points or terminals which can have theeffect of tearing or otherwise injuring fabrics of more or less fine orfragile texture. The corrugations on the wall of the receptacle,extending transversely to the direction of rotary movement of the dasheror heater, serve to impede the rotary movement of the contents of thereceptacle and thus produce a rubbing eflect which increases thecleansing action of the apparatus.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is: t

1. In a washing machine, a receptacle, a

slidable and rotatable beater within the .re-

ceptacle formed of a single strand, a stem integral with and rising fromthe beater, a mounting for the stem, a grip formed integral with thestem at its top to facilitate depression of the beater, and meansextending from the stem below the grip operable the stem and resting onthe bearing to vary to rotate the beater. the height of the beater. 10 V2. In a washing machine, a receptacle, a In testimony whereof I afiix mysignature spider made in sections forming a bearing in presence oi twowitnesses.

attheir junction, said sections having spring JANE A. WVRIGHT. clips toengage the receptacle, a beater l1av- WVitnesses: mg a stem slidable androtatable in said ANNA B. MALONE,

bearing, and a handle adjustably secured to Jos. R. MALONE.

